[TechAssist] Re: PC Question -Windows is gone!
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:49:33 -0500
I thought I had lost mine a few years ago, running W98/2.
I called an industrial computer tech I know. He said to keep shutting it
down and starting it again. He said Windows stores 10 or more copies of
previous configurations. When the newest one won't boot, it keeps going back
to an earlier one. I did that about four times and it finally came up OK.
I can say this now because I just had it happen again last week and after
going to bed thinking I was going to have to do a reinstall the next day, I
remembered it. It worked, but it took about 8 shut downs and reboots this
time.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <dntwntv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 1:40 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: PC Question -Windows is gone!
> Jason
> I have windows ME on mine and there is a way to go back to a certain
> date and it starts from that date as far as memory and files. If you do
> not have this information I can send it to you. This may not be helpful
> for your problem. I talked to the guru that works on mine. He said if you
> have a boot disk you can install an upgrade ME and it will not remove your
> files and you can go back to the date that you want. If you need a boot
> disk I can make one for you.
>
> Paul
> Jason - Excel Distributing <JMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi guys!
> My pc at home went kaput. I'm sure it is just the power switch or fuse,
> lol. Anyways, I was doing a windows update friday night and when it
> restarted it did the memory check then went to a black screen and had a
> white box telling me that windows.exe is not found - Please reinstall
> windows. I click ok and it tells me of a c:windows/system/xxxx.dll file is
> missing. I click ok again and it just sits there.
>
> ABS is supposed to call me tonight to help cause a windows disk was not
> included 4.5 yrs ago when I got the system. My question is if I have to
> reinstall windows will it lose any files I have stored? I haven't done a
> backup in a while so I hope not. It originally had Win ME, should I just
> go get Win XP?
>
> Thanks guys!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jason Martin
> Excel Distributing Inc.
> 1819 Mentor Ave.
> Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
>
> ph-800-733-3329 fax- 800-735-8007
> www.ExcelDistributingInc.com
>
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